Category Archives: Drama
Get the Gringo
Release 2012
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Adrian Grunberg
Writers: Mel Gibson, Stacy Perskie, Adrian Grunberg
Stars: Mel Gibson, Kevin Hernandez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jesús Ochoa, Dolores Heredia
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1567609/
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.
Chasing Mavericks
Release 2012
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Director: Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson
Writers: Kario Salem, Jim Meenaghan, Brandon Hooper
Stars: Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1629757/
When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Release 2012
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Director: Benh Zeitlin
Writers: Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes, Pamela Harper
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/
Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Broken City
Release 2013
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Director: Allen Hughes
Writers: Brian Tucker
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Barry Pepper
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235522/
In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.
Lawless
Release 2012
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Director: John Hillcoat
Writers: Nick Cave, Matt Bondurant
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212450/
Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits.
Fast and Furious 4
Release 2009
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Justin Lin
Writers: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, John Ortiz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013752/
Brian O'Conner, now working for the FBI in LA, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Release 2006
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Justin Lin
Writers: Chris Morgan
Stars: Lucas Black, Damien Marzette, Trula M. Marcus, Zachery Ty Bryan, Brandon Brendel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463985/
Alabama teenager Sean Boswell becomes a major competitor in the world of drift racing after moving in with his father in Tokyo to avoid a jail sentence in America.
Now Is Good
Release 2012
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Director: Ol Parker
Writers: Jenny Downham, Ol Parker
Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine, Olivia Williams, Kaya Scodelario
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1937264/
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Step Up Revolution
Release 2012
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Director: Scott Speer
Writers: Amanda Brody, Duane Adler
Stars: Cleopatra Coleman, Ryan Guzman, Misha Gabriel Hamilton, Michael 'Xeno' Langebeck, Stephen Boss
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800741/
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Life of Pi
Release 2012
Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Yann Martel, David Magee
Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Adil Hussain
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.